Pine Bluff, AR: Museum/UP Depot, Roundhouse, Backshop, Transfer Table and Railyard

Depot: (Satellite) This is now a history museum.

Roundhouse: (Satellite) Some of the foundation still exists.

Backshop: (Satellite, 853 photos) This is now a railroad museum.

Transfer Table: (Satellite) I marked the location of the table when I accessed the map (Sep 17, 2024). 

Railyard: (Satellite)

Redeker Rail Video & Photography caught the Big Boy at the museum/depot and posted four photos.

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Street View, Sep 2019

The museum/backshop is on the left. The transfer table is out-of-frame to the left. You can see the foundation for some of the wall of the roundhouse peaking up through the grass on the right.

Street View, Jun 2022

We can see more of the roundhouse foundation on the left. And this provides a nice 3/4 view of the backshop.

Street View, Aug 2022

One of the artifacts in the museum.

Ryan A, Jun 2016

The railyard at least used to have a hump yard. I can't keep track of which humps are still used.

Satellite

Arkansas Railroad Museum posted
Today [Sep 22, 2026]  in Pine Bluff
We are investigating what rehabilitation for operation might look like.

Tyler Green: Cotton Belt 819 seeing the sun for the first time in a while:

[Some comments indicate that this is the first time it has been moved since 1994.]

[Some comments indicate that UP will allow foreign steam on their tracks if the locomotive has passed inspections and has enough insurance.]

Jordan Hawkins: closest [shortline] railroad to them would be the Arkansas & Missouri. [Mainline running now requires PTC. But UP requires inspections and insurance just to tow it.]